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Arizona law bad for gay binational couples

"Immigration Equality, one of the nation's top organizations lobbying for
rights for LGBT families in the realm of immigration, is condemning Arizona's
controversial new law.

"The legislation, signed by Governor Jan Brewer last
week, would authorize police to stop anyone suspected of being an illegal
immigrant to demand proof of citizenship.

"'The lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender community knows all too well how easily people who 'look
different' can be singled out for harassment and prosecution,' writes
Immigration Equality executive director Rachel Tiven. 'In addition, LGBT
immigrant families are too familiar with the double burden of immigration
discrimination. Now Arizona’s LGBT families have yet another reason to be
alarmed. The state’s new law threatens to tear apart families, separate children
from their parents and rip apart loving couples who are building their lives
together. Forty percent of LGBT binational couples in the United States include
a Latino family member. For them, and their loved ones, Arizona is now the most
dangerous place in America.'"